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sundre (c.1170)
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sundre (c.1170)

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sondre;  soundre  
  FEW:  *sunor 17,282b Gdf:  sondre 7,473c GdfC: ∅ TL: sondre 9,835 DEAF:  sondre  DMF:  sondre  TLF: ∅ OED:  sounder n.1  MED:  soundre n.  DMLBS:  sundra 3292c

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1coll. zool. mammalsherd (as used for wild swine): 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim ) En un sundre de pors esrai e si huai  Horn 4648
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) tripee de berbys, Soundre (M.E. a flok) de pors  BIBB ROTH (T) 192
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 ) Un soundre de porks (M.E. A hep of swyn)  Nominale 764
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) quant il (=wild boar) est de .iiij. ans, il icit partir hors de la sondre par age  TWITI2 4.35
2coll. zool. orn.flock (as used for starlings): 
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) soundre de estourneus, Bevé de herouns  BIBB ROTH (T) 192
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 ) Un sondre de estournels (M.E. A hep of sterlingges)  Nominale 833
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Soundre dez porks et esturnyz (M.E. A sondre of hogges and of stares)  Fem2 2.9

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